Much to my surprise, Obama has just made the promise to withdraw all troops from Iraq by the end of August. A bold promise, and I certainly hope he delivers.
Correction: This has always been the plan; however....
"For the most part, Obama's plan is faithful to his campaign promises. It calls for the end of combat operations and the withdrawal of most of the 142,000 troops in Iraq by August 31, 2010 (slightly longer than the sixteen-month timeline he proposed during the election). But the plan includes a major asterisk that should be of concern to all who opposed the war and who supported a complete withdrawal of American forces: it would leave in Iraq a residual force of as many as 50,000 troops until the end of 2011, the date the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement stipulates the removal of all US troops. According to the president, this transitional force would have three missions: training Iraqi security forces, carrying out anti-terrorism missions and protecting American civilian and military forces."
thenation.com
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Is that new? I thought they'd laid out that plan a while ago.
I knew they had a exit date, I just didn't think it was so early!
Yeah really... well he's still sending people to Afghanistan so it's not like the war is REALLY ending...
Also... Don't Ask Don't Tell just got PWND
On it!!
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